DOZ Issue 33 July 2018 - Page 16

Leadership Lessons from the Life
of Stella Adadevoh
Great women understand that nothing of value
is ever free. I am always amazed when people
think that they can get something of value for free.
Stella Adadevoh wanted an Ebola-free country for
herself and her loved ones. She knew that letting
Sawyer loose in the streets of a nation where people
were ignorant of the disease and its consequences
would be tragic. The disease would spread very
quickly and be literally out of control. And when
restraining him herself was the only option, she
took it knowing she would probably die but hoping
that she would get what she wanted, an Ebola-free
country. Everything of value comes with a price
tag. Great women know this.
Great women understand the place of sacrifice.
Stella Adadevoh knew she had to make a sacrifice
and she made the ultimate sacrifice.
Great women are selfless. Great women
think not only of themselves but of others. Stella
Adadevoh did not need to restrain Sawyer. She
could have saved herself and let the disease spread,
hoping she would be safe through it all, and she
probably would have. But she put others before
her; she put her nation before her. She was a great
woman.
Great women fight for causes that are bigger
than themselves. Restraining Sawyer for the good
of her nation and the people of her nation was a
cause that was bigger than Stella Adadevoh, but she
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Great women are not those who are unafraid.
Like everyone else, great women are afraid.
However, great women are those who do not
allow fear to stop them from acting, and especially
when the action is required to bring about their
desired result. I believe that Stella Adadevoh would
have initially been gripped with fear. She was a
doctor, she knew the consequences of physically
restraining an Ebola patient, but she acted all the
same.
Great women can see the big picture. They look
beyond the present to what the future holds. When
Stella Adadevoh restrained Sawyer, she was clearly
looking beyond the present to the future. She saw
the big picture, an Ebola-free country and that is
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